Editing Canadian Pacific Railway (section)

===Great Depression and the Second World War, 1929–1945===
[[File:Kamloops on to Ottawa.jpg|thumb|Strikers from unemployment relief camps climbing on boxcars as part of the [[On-to-Ottawa Trek]], 1935]]
The [[Great Depression]], which lasted from 1929 until 1939, hit many companies heavily. While the CPR was affected, it was not affected to the extent of its rival CNR because it, unlike the CNR, was debt-free. The CPR scaled back on some of its passenger and freight services and stopped issuing dividends to its shareholders after 1932. Hard times led to the creation of new political parties such as the [[Canadian social credit movement|Social Credit movement]] and the [[Cooperative Commonwealth Federation]], as well as popular protest in the form of the [[On-to-Ottawa Trek]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20020810212509/http://www.ontoottawa.ca/trek/trek.html On to Ottawa Trek website]}}. Retrieved 27 April 2014.</ref>

One highlight of the late 1930s, both for the railway and for Canada, was the visit of [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] during their [[1939 royal tour of Canada]], the first time that the reigning monarch had visited the country. The CPR and the CNR shared the honours of pulling the royal train across the country, with the CPR undertaking the westbound journey from Quebec City to Vancouver. Later that year, the Second World War began. As it had done in World War I, the CPR devoted much of its resources to the war effort. It retooled its [[Angus Shops]] in Montreal to produce [[Valentine tank]]s and other armoured vehicles, and transported troops and resources across the country. Additionally, 22 of the CPR's ships went to war, 12 of which were sunk.<ref>[http://www.cpr.ca/en/about-cp/our-past-present-and-future/Pages/our-history.aspx Canadian Pacific: Our History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311163350/http://www.cpr.ca/en/about-cp/our-past-present-and-future/Pages/our-history.aspx |date=11 March 2014 }}, cpr.ca. Retrieved 27 April 2014.</ref>